System & security software

Proactive Password Auditor

Examine Network Security

Proactive Password Auditor helps network administrators to examine the security of their networks by executing an audit of account passwords. By exposing insecure passwords, Proactive Password Auditor demonstrates how secure a network is under attack.

Perform attacks with brute force, by the dictionary, or with a mask from inside or outside of your network

Recover up to 95% of passwords in just minutes from the inside with Rainbow attack

How Secure Is Your Network?

A single weak password exposes your entire network to an external threat. Password-hacking is one of the most critical and commonly exploited network security threats. Network users employ short and simple passwords that are easy to remember, but are also easy to break. They often use repeating characters, simple words and names for easier memorizing. Making them use computer-generated passwords that consist of random characters will only make the problem more severe, as the users will write the passwords down on the proverbial yellow stickers. There is more information available on the issue in the Elcomsoft whitepaper Proactive Is Better than Reactive: Testing Password Safety – a Key to Securing a Corporate Network.

Network administrators are also part of the problem, as they may forget purging terminated employees, forcing people to change passwords often, or locking out the users after a certain number of failed login attempts.

Network Security Policies

Weak passwords are easy to break, while complex passwords are difficult to memorize. Having an elaborate security policy is the only way to ensure the security of your network. Force network users to change passwords regularly, and audit the network after every change. Did it take Proactive Password Auditor 30 days to break a password when you performed the last audit? Then examine your network at least once a month to ensure ongoing security.

Network Security Audit

Proactive Password Auditor examines the security of your network by attempting to break into the network. It tries common attacks on the account passwords in an attempt to recover a password of a user account.

Proactive Password Auditor allows carrying out a password audit within a limited period of time. If it is possible for Proactive Password Auditor to recover a password within a reasonable time, the entire network cannot be considered secure.

Types of Attacks

Proactive Password Auditor uses several basic methods for testing and recovering passwords, including brute force attack, mask attack, dictionary search, and Rainbow table attack. The Rainbow attack is particularly effective, as it uses pre-computed hash tables that allow finding up to 95% of passwords in just minutes instead of days or weeks. Fortunately, the Rainbow attack cannot be performed from outside of your network! You’ll need either administrative access or a dump file exported by Elcomsoft System Recovery.

The off-line recovery speed can be greatly enhanced when using Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery. Thanks to the patent-pending GPU acceleration technology available in Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery, the recovery using a single PC is up to 50 times faster as compared to CPU-only mode and other password-recovery applications. Adding more computers increases the recovery speed linearly with zero scalability overhead.

Compatibility

Ordering information

You can order fully registered version of Proactive Password Auditor by credit card (online or by fax), with check/money order, by bank/write transfer or with purchase order. The cost of the license depends on the number of user accounts to be audited (typically, the number of user accounts in your local network).

If you are interested in purchasing the license to audit more than 2500 user accounts, please contact us for quote.

Please note that the licenses are not "cumulative". That means that, for example, if you purchase two licenses for 20 accounts each, you still will not be able to audit 40 accounts -- instead, you should purchase one 100-accounts license. To be able to audit 600 accounts, you should get the 2500-accounts license (but not one license on 500 accounts plus another one for 100 accounts), and vice versa.

We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, and JCB. When you pay by credit card, your order will be processed immediately. Postal mail shipments are initiated immediately. Products available electronically are generally ready for download immediately, or no more than 48 hours after you place your order.

Using the online order form, you can also order the software with Solo/Switch/Maestro (only if issued in UK), by Bank/Wire Transfer, Online wire transfer (applicable only for orders placed within Germany in Euro), by Check (we accept all personal, business, and Cashier's checks) or Cash.

Online orders are processed automatically and therefore more quickly than orders placed by fax, e-mail, or phone, because processing is not dependent on our customer service center's business hours. But alternatively, you can order through customer serice or with Purchase Order.